Issue: Apple Bluetooth Keyboard + Bootcamp + Caps Lock

loafer · Feb 4, 2008, 01:54 AM

If I press the caps lock button while running bootcamp on my Core duo 17" macbook pro, the apple bluetooth keyboard will freeze, and become unresponsive. The keyboard will then need to be turned off and then back on to regain connection to the computer.

Has anybody hear of the issue, or experienced it themself? I have reinstalled the bootcamp drivers, but continuously experience this issue.

Thanks!

XianPalin · Feb 19, 2008, 05:58 PM

I'm experiencing this as well... ran across it last night and took me a few minutes to figure out what the problem was.

Early 2008 Mac Pro, Windows XP, Aluminum BT keyboard.

srl7741 · Feb 19, 2008, 06:03 PM

Happens to me also and does the same on my iMac. I have yet to find a solution for it other than not using the Cap lock.

I've read several threads that discuss it but I did not find a solution.

XianPalin · Feb 19, 2008, 06:07 PM

Continued to search a bit... found this on the apple discussion site:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread....91199&tstart=0

It details a registry setting (haven't tried it yet) that basically disables the Capslock key under Windows, so if you don't use the key at all you can use that and supposedly that fixes the problem since Capslock is never activated.

It modifies the registry, but comes with a file to change it back as well:
http://johnhaller.com/jh/useful_stuf...ble_caps_lock/

It was made for people that hate the capslock key, but I guess in this situation it applies

Feb 4, 2008, 01:54 AM	#1
loafer macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2007	Issue: Apple Bluetooth Keyboard + Bootcamp + Caps Lock If I press the caps lock button while running bootcamp on my Core duo 17" macbook pro, the apple bluetooth keyboard will freeze, and become unresponsive. The keyboard will then need to be turned off and then back on to regain connection to the computer. Has anybody hear of the issue, or experienced it themself? I have reinstalled the bootcamp drivers, but continuously experience this issue. Thanks!
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Feb 19, 2008, 05:58 PM	#2
XianPalin macrumors 6502 Join Date: May 2006	I'm experiencing this as well... ran across it last night and took me a few minutes to figure out what the problem was. Early 2008 Mac Pro, Windows XP, Aluminum BT keyboard.
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Feb 19, 2008, 06:03 PM	#3
srl7741 macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: In my world	Happens to me also and does the same on my iMac. I have yet to find a solution for it other than not using the Cap lock. I've read several threads that discuss it but I did not find a solution.
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Feb 19, 2008, 06:07 PM	#4
XianPalin macrumors 6502 Join Date: May 2006	Continued to search a bit... found this on the apple discussion site: http://discussions.apple.com/thread....91199&tstart=0 It details a registry setting (haven't tried it yet) that basically disables the Capslock key under Windows, so if you don't use the key at all you can use that and supposedly that fixes the problem since Capslock is never activated. It modifies the registry, but comes with a file to change it back as well: http://johnhaller.com/jh/useful_stuf...ble_caps_lock/ It was made for people that hate the capslock key, but I guess in this situation it applies
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